I Don't own Pokemon, nor do I own anything related to it. The only thing I own are my OCs
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Chapter 6: Evils Faces!
Mandy's sneakers made quiet squeaks as she flew down the hallway, her mind dead set on stopping Team Rocket's plans. Once she neared the end of the hallway, she quickly pressed herself against the wall, as to stay out of sight. Smoke still surrounded the room, only allowing shadows from the people in the room to be seen. They were that of Ash, Nurse Joy, and, she guessed, Misty.
"Prepare for trouble..."
"And make it double!"
"To protect the world from devastation!'
"To unite all peoples within our nation!"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
Slowly the dust began to settle, revealing three figures standing in front of a gaping hole in the front of the Pokemon center. The first figure was a woman. Her hair was a shade of deep pink, it was long and curved toward her back, much like the curve in the letter 'D'. Her arms were completely covered by black leather gloves, both stopping at the short sleeves of her revealing top. The skimpy top had short sleeves, a bottom that had curved upwards just below her chest, revealing a black under shirt. There was also a red 'R' emblazoned on the front of it. Her midsection was exposed, showing her slim and fit build. A white skirt covered her waist, but little of her legs, which were mostly covered by tall, black boots.
The second figure was a man. His blue hair hung to his jawline, spiky at it's tips. His jacket had long sleeves well as another emblazoned 'R' on it and black gloves overlapping the mouth of the shirt's sleeves. His long pants, held up by a brown belt with a silver buckle, were partially hidden by his large black boots. They were not as big as the woman's, but were still bigger than most.
At both their feet was a small, cat-like creature. It had cream colored fur that turned brown at it's paws, hind legs, and pointy ears. It's head was oval-shaped, it's whiskers prominent on it. It's nose was not visible, a gold oval-shaped gold coin was on top of it's head, reflecting the light from the lamps on the ceiling.
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth! That's right!"
The sight of the evil trio made Mandy sick. They reminded her of the bullies back home. With the Team Rocket distracted by Ash, Misty and Nurse Joy, the teenager quickly ran behind the front desk, getting down on her hands and knees to avoid being spotted. Using an army crawl, the girl slowly made her way over to Nurse Joy, who stood not far from the side to the desk.
"Psst!" She quietly hissed, successfully getting the older woman's attention. "I have a plan. Lead me to the back room. I'll use my Pokemon to buy you some time to transfer the Pokemon to another Center. I don't know how long I'll be able to do it, but it should be enough."
Normally, Nurse Joy would have completely rejected this plan. It was really risky and had the strong chance to backfire, but with infamous Pokemon thieves with only evil thoughts in their minds, there was no other choice. With Ash and Misty taking the three thieves attention off them, Mandy and Nurse Joy managed to slip into the back the back room undetected, for now. With her hazel eyes quickly looking through the rows of poke balls, it didn't take long for her to spot her star adorned spheres. Quickly grabbing them, the teen geared for the hard battle that awaited her.
As the door creaked open, she could see that Team Rocket was preparing for an attack with their two Pokemon, Koffing and Ekans.
'Well, here we go!' Kicking the door open, Mandy quickly threw her poke balls and shouted her commands. "Pidgey, use Peck on Ekans! Rattata, use Quick Attack on Koffing! And Charmander, give them both a healthy dose of Ember!"
As her loyal Pokemon came appeared, all three followed her orders. Pidgey took flight, his beak glowing. He then dive bombed, scoring a direct hit on the snake Pokemon, knocking hit to the left. Rattata quickly charged at the gas bag Pokemon, before giving it a good hit with it's head and knocking him to the left. The two poison Pokemon crashed together, dazing them both. With the two squished together, Charmander easily scored a double hit with it's Ember attack. Both were fairly heavily damaged, but still ready to fight.
All eyes shifted to the Pokemons trainer. Her usually cheerful and warm demeanor was now cold. Her face had a angry, almost terrifying, scowl on it, her eyes glared at the trio of thieves, a flame of fury burning behind them. Her Pokemon also had the same fire burning behind their eyes, too.
"Mandy!" Ash called, surprised by her appearance and sudden attack.
"Ash, go help Nurse Joy!" Her eyes then shifted to the redhead standing next to the male trainer. "You too! I'll be fine!"
"But-"
"Go!!" The fury in her hazel eyes turned to pleading for a moment. They both nodded their heads and ran into the back room. As the back room door closed, a second explosion erupted from the front of the building.
"Hey! We didn't call for back up!"Jessie shouted. As the smoke cleared, three outlines could be seen. Two men and one woman. The first man had an icy blue bandanna wrapped tightly around his head, along with a matching blue muscle shirt on with a white 'S' on the front. He had on light blue camouflage pants and black combat boots. The second man and the woman were wearing similar clothing, save for the fact that the man's clothing was yellow and the woman's was red.
"I don't know who the heck you are, but this is OUR gold mine!" James said, anger laced in his voice.
"We're Team Stone, and whatever! Our prey is much bigger then these meager Pokemon!" The lady in red said arrogantly.
"Then what are you after here?"
The mysterious trio's eyes shifted their eyes toward Mandy. "Her."
"What!?" Fear was laced in her reply. What do they want? Did she do something.
A wicked smirk spread across their faces.
"Now then, Jewel," The woman clad in red spoke, "Come with us. We won't hurt you."
"And if I refuse?"
The man gave a wicked chuckle. "I was hoping you'd say that. Go Arcanine!" he then threw a poke ball out, the other two followed suit. Three blinding flashed, then faded to reveal three large Pokemon. Their body structure reassembled that of a dog. Their heads, chests, and tails were covered in in cream colored fur, save for the area around it's eyes and ears, which were reddish-orange. Their bodies had similar red and orange with black stripes and more cream colored fur decorated parts of their bodies. Sharp claws stuck out of their round paws.
Seeing their trainer in grave danger, Charmander, Pidgey, and Rattata quickly rushed to her side, ready to fight the treat head-on. The three small Pokemon charged into battle against the opposing forces, but though the three did their best, they were no match for the much higher level Arcanines. With Mandy defenseless, The woman in red jumped on her Arcanine and held on as her Pokemon dashed to the back of her. She then quickly jumped off, grabbed the teen around her waist and rode the Arcanine back to her former standing place. The teen then let out a load scream, hoping someone would hear her. The woman and then gave a light punch to a nerve in the back of her neck, knocking her out cold.
Mandy's scream was heard loud and clear to the three people in the back room. Quickly dash out the door, the trio was shocked to see an unconscious her in a strange woman's arms. Reacting quickly, Misty called out one of her Pokemon. "Goldeen, go!"
The Pokemon looked a bit like a goldfish. It's body had was reddish-orange on top and white on the bottom, it's fins were wavy, like flowing water, and were the same shade of reddish-orange near it's bod, but white at it's edges. It's eyes were blue and sharp horn what on top of it's head. It's tail was long and flowed like a dress and it's color pattern mimicked the patter on it's fins. "Goldeen! Use Horn Attack!" Though it was not in water, the small fish managed to get enough traction to hit the woman in red head on. She quickly raised her arms to defend herself against the sudden attack, dropping Mandy to the floor in the process. The man in yellow then tried to pick her up, but the red haired trainer took notice of this.
"Goldeen, use Supersonic!" A loud, high pitch screech then filled the room, all the inhabitants quickly covered their ears. Taking advantage of the confusion, Ash ran over to Mandy and pulled her away from Team Stone and over to the door to the Pokemon storage room.
Nurse Joy, who managed to get the Pokemon over to the Pewter City Pokemon Center, came from the storage room to see what the heck had been going. Her eyes quickly fell to Mandy and her passed out Pokemon. She grabbed them and took them to safety in the backroom.
"Pika."
Ash then took notice of his pokemon's appearance. He was still hurt, but not as badly as before. Pikachu had woken up because of the commotion and came to help. He immediately felt an evil aura coming from the room. His red cheeks began to crackle with electricity, ready to fight. With mind set on getting these criminals out of this place, Ash called out, "Pikachu, Thundershock!" Bright electrical sparks surrounded the electric Pokemon for a moment, before a bright stream of electricity hit Team Stone and Team rocket directly. A huge explosion then erupted, blowing both groups skyward.
"Look likes Team Rockets blasting off!!"Shouted the thieving trio, as they flew into the distance.
"Don't think this is the end," the man clad in icy blue shouted, "We will get our Jewel!!" Then, just like Team Rocket, disappeared into the horizon.
Nurse Joy, Ash, and Misty then turned their attention to Mandy, Charmander, Pidgey and Rattata. Mandy was still out cold and her Pokemon had been badly hurt. Ash and Misty took the teenager and placed her on a still standing couch, where as Nurse Joy grabbed the Pikachu and Mandy's three Pokemon to be healed.
The sun was rising over the small town of Viridian City, waking up Nurse Joy, who had fallen asleep in a chair after finishing healing the four battle wounded pokemon. As she walked over to the tables they were laying on before she fell asleep, she noticed their absence. Her eyes then saw the door was slightly ajar. Stepping out of the room, she couldn't help but smile at the sights before her.
Pikachu was curled up next to Ash and Misty, who were slumbering on a couch across from Mandy. Pidgey had nested himself in few stray pieces of Mandy's brown hair. Rattata rested near the teens hand, and Charmander slept on her chest.
Her hazel cracked open slowly and tried to stretch her arms, waking her Pokemon up in the process. Overjoyed to see that their trainer was awake and okay, they latched on to her. Mandy too was overjoyed to see that the past was no dream and hugged her loving friends back, tears of joy in her hazel eyes. With her arms still around them, Mandy slowly rose to her feet. Her eyes then met Nurse Joy's who handed her Mandy's three pokemons poke balls. After returning them to their balls, the teen quickly rushed to her room to grab her bag.
"I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused you." The female trainer said, feeling she was to blame.
"It's alright. Everything can be rebuilt. Besides, I should be thanking you! Is it wasn't you, Ash, and Misty, those thieves would have stolen all those Pokemon!" A warm smile was on her face, lifting some of Mandy's guilt off her shoulders..
"When they wake up, please give them my thanks."
"Of course. Be careful."
"I will!" And with those words being said, the female trainer left the center and went in the direction of Viridian Forest.
A/N: Sorry! I( know this chapter wasn't all that great and didn't follow the specific episode, but what good is life if you can't blaze your own trail? Please review!!
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